Hi and welcome!

 

Is your child struggling at school, and you're wondering how things could be different? Or perhaps you’ve already stepped away from mainstream education but still find your days overshadowed by worry. Our old beliefs about life and learning can make it extremely hard for us to trust the process, because learning beyond school looks nothing like learning at school!​ This can feel particularly complicated if your child is neurodivergent, and many parents I work with have a child who is PDA, just as I do.

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If we want our children to be happy, to be themselves, to learn in ways that suit them, and to grow into confident, capable adults, we must learn how to genuinely support and accompany them. And so, the real shift starts with us. When we make the shift from fear and worry to trust and confidence, life for our children becomes more joyful, learning more meaningful, and our connection with our children deepens. Letting go of all the “shoulds” and learning instead to get curious allows us to see who our child really is. This is our own deschooling work.

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Becoming the parent and person we want to become is hard work, and mindfulness and self-compassion are wonderful companions for the journey. I've spent many years observing and charting my own intersecting journeys of parenting, neurodiversity, unschooling and mindfulness, and now work with parents to help them unravel the old patterns that are holding them back from creating a space in which their children and themselves can all thrive. 

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Esther